Prevention of excessive exercise‐induced adverse effects in rats withBacillus subtilisBSB3

To characterize efficacy of the Bacillus subtilis BSB3 (BSB3) strain in the prevention of excessive exercise-induced side effects and in maintaining stability of the gut microbiota.Rats were pretreated by oral gavage with B. subtilis BSB3 (BSB3) or with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) twice a day for 2 days, and were either exposed forced treadmill running or remained sedentary. Histological analysis of intestine, immunofluorescence staining of...